#Realms
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Can mail or the Auction House cross Forever’s rulesets? What two Blizzard sources say, and what they leave open
A 26 October forum question asks whether one realmless region means one economy. Blizzard’s 17 September Q&A answer and 22 October ruleset guide cover regions and grouping, but neither compares mail or trading between rulesets.
Realmless play
Horde or Alliance? Friends, races and classes to weigh before you reserve a name
A practical faction decision before Early Name Reservation: friends and rulesets, the new race-and-class combinations Blizzard has announced, and how far to trust racial hype after the 26 October racial pass.
Classes, races and leveling
Forever’s language preference: where to set it, and what it does and does not decide
Blizzard’s ruleset guide gives the menu path, makes the setting account-wide and puts a 24-hour cooldown on changes. What it says about meeting players, and what the regional announcements do and do not settle.
Realmless play
RP-PvP joins Forever’s rulesets for the November 4 launch
Blizzard changed course on 22 October and will add a Roleplay-PvP ruleset for the November 4 launch. RP-PvP name reservation from October 27 is a stated aim, not yet confirmed.
Launch and beta
Players nearby but not on your layer: what to record in a bug report
Two forum reports from 22 October describe players close by who seemed to be in a different world. What each poster said, and what to write down so a report can be reproduced; the cause is not established.
Technical help and controls
Early name reservation: Blizzard's announced times, eligibility, three-character limit and an Oceanic ruleset-order bug
Blizzard's 20 October article sets Early Name Reservation for 27 October to 3 November, with up to three characters across all rulesets for eligible purchases. On 27 October Blizzard warned that, because of a bug, Oceanic players on Australian servers must create Roleplay or Roleplay-PvP characters before Normal or PvP ones. What the written terms say, and what we have not tested ourselves.
Launch and beta
Horde can run the Dalaran dungeon, but the city will attack them
The 16 October notes made Dalaran’s open-world city hostile to the Horde and stopped the sewer key granting unrestricted access, while leaving the City of Dalaran dungeon open to Horde groups.
Realmless play
Picked PvP and regret it? In Forever, the way out is a new character
Blizzard’s ruleset guide, updated on 22 October, rules out free movement between rulesets. What a fresh character keeps, what the planned Hardcore exception allows, how the PvP ruleset’s faction rule works, and an open question about flagging on Normal.
PvP
Camped by a level 60 on Forever’s PvP ruleset? What the 15 October podcast said
Asked whether anything was planned to stop max-level players camping low-level characters, Blizzard’s PvP episode answered no for ordinary play, drew a line at cheating and exploits, and kept event protections as a separate case.
PvP
Running into familiar names again: Blizzard’s stated social goal for realmless Forever
Blizzard’s 13 September Deep Dive recap says realmless rulesets should still let players keep crossing paths with familiar names. What that goal covers, and what the recap does not say about how placement works.
Realmless play
Your first name isn’t yours alone: how Forever’s two-part names work
Only the full two-part name has to be unique within a region, so a first name is never exclusive. How to plan related names and fallbacks for reservation, and what hiding your secondary name does and does not change.
Realmless play